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As of 1 June 2022, the Secretariat is aware of 150 investment arbitration cases instituted under the Energy Charter Treaty (sometimes invoked together with a bilateral investment treaty). A full list with information is available here

Since parties to investment arbitration under Article 26 ECT are not obliged to notify the Secretariat of the existence or substance of their dispute, some awards (and even the existence of some proceedings) remain confidential. The Secretariat compiles information (which cannot be considered as exhaustive) from delegates and public sources (including specialized reporting services such as Global Arbitration Review (GAR), Investment Arbitration Reporter (IAReporter) and ItaLaw). The Secretariat assumes no responsibility for eventual errors or omissions in these data and welcomes any additional information or clarification on specific cases (at legalaffairs@encharter.org or using the online contact form). Some case reports prepared by TDM/IACL can be found here. 

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 Sevilla Beheer B.V. and others v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/27 
  • > Claimant : see attached full list
  • > Nationality : Netherlands, Spain
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Raëd Fathallah
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Peter Cameron (Rudolf Dolzer replaced)
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Attila Tanzi
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (2)
  • , Article 26 (3)
  • , Article 26 (4)
  • , Article 26 (6)
  • , Article 26 (7)
  • , Article 21 (7)
  • , Article 21 (5)
  • , Article 21 (1)
  • , Article 16 (2)
  • , Article 10 (1)
  • , Article 1 (2)
  • , Article 1 (3)
  • , Article 1 (6)
  • , Article 1 (7)
  • , Article 1 (10)
  • , Article 10
  • , Article 13
  • , Article 16
  • , Article 21
  • , Article 26
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : (10.1) Fair and equitable treatment
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2016

  • >List of claimants
  • >Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed:  EUR 37.2 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A

 

ARBITRAL DECISIONS

11 February 2022

Decision on Jurisdiction, Liability and Principles of Quantum

11 February 2022

Partial Dissenting Opinion of Proffesor Cameron

 


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 Amlyn Holding B.V. v. Croatia, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/28 
  • > Claimant : Amlyn Holding B.V.
  • > Nationality : Netherlands
  • > Respondent : Croatia
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Stephen Drymer
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Stanimir Alexandrov
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Brigitte Stern
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : (10.1) Fair and equitable treatment
  • > Case status : Award rendered
  • > Year of the award or agreement : 2021
  • > Year of registration : 2016

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Claims arising out of a series of measures that allegedly delayed and frustrated the claimant’s biomass power plant project, including the cancellation of a power purchase agreement with the Energy Market Operator and legislative changes that allegedly deprived the claimant of its status as an eligible power producer 
  • > Amount claimed: EUR 71.1 million
  • > Amount awarded: ZERO (breach of the ECT but no damages awarded) 
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: Claimant was awarded EUR 1.1 million (25% of legal costs)
  • > Award costs of arbitration: Costs follow the award 

 


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 Viaduct d.o.o. Portorož, Vladimir Zevnik and Boris Goljevšček v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/36 
  • > Claimant : Viaduct d.o.o. Portorož, Vladimir Zevnik, Boris Goljevšček
  • > Nationality : Slovenia, Slovenia, Slovenia
  • > Respondent : Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Cases : Chair
  • > Chair : William Park
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Ian Laird
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Horacio Grigera Naón
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2016

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Claims arising out of alleged acts and omissions of the Government of Republika Srpska, which allegedly frustrated the claimants’ two hydroelectric power plant projects on the Vrbas river based on signed concession contracts to build and operate the power plants
  • > Amount claimed: estim. EUR 51 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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 VC Holding II S.à.r.l. and others v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/39 
  • > Claimant : CIC Renewable Energies Italy GmbH; Enernovum Asset 1 GmbH & Co. KG; Enernovum GmbH & Co. KG; Foresight European Solar 2 Ltd.; Foresight Luxembourg (VCT) 2 S.à.r.l.; Foresight Luxembourg Solar 4 S.à.r.l.; SolEs XX Projekt GmbH; SolEs XXI Projekt GmbH; SolEs XXII Projekt GmbH; SolEs XXIII Projekt GmbH; SolEs Zarasol GmbH & Co. KG; VC Holding II S.à.r.l.
  • > Nationality : Germany, Germany, Germany, UK, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Germany, Germany, Germany, Germany, Germany, Luxembourg
  • > Respondent : Italy
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Klaus Reichert
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Charles Poncet
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Brigitte Stern
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2016

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A 
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A 


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 Sun Reserve Luxco Holdings S.à.r.l., Sun Reserve Luxco Holdings II S.à.r.l. and Sun Reserve Luxco Holdings III S.à.r.l. v. Italy, SCC Case No. 132/2016 
  • > Claimant : Sun Reserve Luxco Holdings S.à.r.l.; Sun Reserve Luxco Holdings II S.à.r.l.; Sun Reserve Luxco Holdings III S.à.r.l.
  • > Nationality : Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • > Respondent : Italy
  • > Procedural rules applied : SCC
  • > Chair : Albert Jan van den Berg
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Klaus Sachs
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Andrea Giardina
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 47 (3)
  • , Article 36 (7)
  • , Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (2)
  • , Article 26 (3)
  • , Article 26 (4)
  • , Article 26 (6)
  • , Article 24 (4)
  • , Article 21 (7)
  • , Article 21 (5)
  • , Article 21 (3)
  • , Article 21 (1)
  • , Article 10 (1)
  • , Article 1 (2)
  • , Article 1 (3)
  • , Article 1 (6)
  • , Article 1 (8)
  • , Article 1 (10)
  • , Article 2
  • , Article 16
  • , Article 21
  • , Article 25
  • , Article 26
  • , Article 42
  • , Article 46
  • , Article 50
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : No breach
  • > Case status : Award rendered
  • > Year of the award or agreement : 2020
  • > Year of registration : 2016

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: EUR 40.89 million
  • > Amount awarded: ZERO
  • > Costs of arbitration: EUR 393,169.44
  • > Award legal costs: Respondent was awarded EUR 990,000 (75% of legal costs)
  • > Award costs of arbitration: Costs follow the award

 

ARBITRAL DECISION

25 March 2020 

Final Award


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 Green Power K/S and Obton A/S v. Spain, SCC Case No. 2016/135 
  • > Claimant : Green Power K/S, Obton A/S
  • > Nationality : Denmark, Denmark
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : SCC
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2016

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: EUR 76.1 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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 Ojeocan Management Limited v. Poland, SCC Case No. 2017/200 
  • > Claimant : Ojeocan Management Limited
  • > Nationality : Cyprus
  • > Respondent : Poland

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector 
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration : N/A


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 KazTransGas v. Georgia, UNCITRAL 
  • > Claimant : KazTransGas
  • > Nationality : Kazakhstan
  • > Respondent : Georgia
  • > Procedural rules applied : UNCITRAL (ad hoc)
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : John Beechey
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Settlement agreed
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Claims arising out of Georgian authorities’ appointment of a Special Administrator of the claimant’s local subsidiary KazTransGas-Tbilisi 
  • > Amount claimed: USD 180 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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 Rockhopper Exploration PLC, Rockhopper Italia S.p.A. and Rockhopper Mediterranean Ltd. v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/14 
  • > Claimant : Rockhopper Exploration PLC, Rockhopper Italia S.p.A., Rockhopper Mediterranean Ltd.
  • > Nationality : UK, Italy, UK
  • > Respondent : Italy
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Klaus Reichert
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Charles Poncet
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Pierre-Marie Dupuy
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (3)
  • , Article 26 (6)
  • , Article 24 (4)
  • , Article 1 (3)
  • , Article 1 (10)
  • , Article 1
  • , Article 10
  • , Article 13
  • , Article 16
  • , Article 25
  • , Article 36
  • , Article 42
  • , Article 46
  • , Article 47
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Claims arising from the Decision not to award a production concession covering a field located within 12 miles of the coast of Italy, following the re-introduction of a general ban within the 12 mile limit of the coastline
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A

 

ARBITRAL DECISION 

26 June 2019

Decision on the Intra-EU Jurisdictional Objection


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 Portigon AG v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/15 
  • > Claimant : Portigon AG
  • > Nationality : Germany
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Felipe Bulnes Serrano
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Albert Jan van den Berg
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Giorgio Sacerdoti
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: Not specified
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A

 

ARBITRAL DECISION

20 August 2020 - Decision on Jurisdiction 


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